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(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,690,670 B2 Kay Et Al USOO869067OB2 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.: US 8,690,670 B2 Kay et al. (45) Date of Patent: Apr. 8, 2014 (54) SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR 3,897,711 A 8/1975 Elledge SIMULATING A ROCK BAND EXPERIENCE D245,038 S 7, 1977 Ebata et al. D247,795 S 4, 1978 Darrell 4,128,037 A 12/1978 Montemurro (75) Inventors: Robert Kay, San Francisco, CA (US); D259,785 S 7/1981 Kushida et al. Ryan Lesser, Providence, RI (US); 4,295.406 A 10, 1981 Smith et al. Gregory B. LoPiccolo, Brookline, MA D262,017 S 1 1/1981 Frakes, Jr. (US); Daniel Schmidt, Somerville, MA (Continued) (US); Kevin Morris McGinnis, Boson, MA (US); Nathan H. Wright, Newton, FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS MA (US) DE 19716937 A1 3, 1998 (73) Assignee: Harmonix Music Systems, Inc., EP 0903169 A2 3, 1999 Cambridge, MA (US) (Continued) (*) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this OTHER PUBLICATIONS patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 1307 days. Association of British Scrabble Players. “Rolling System” (No Date). ABSP url:<http://www.absp.org.uk/results/ratings detail. (21) Appl. No.: 12/139,819 shtml>. (22) Filed: Jun. 16, 2008 (Continued) (65) Prior Publication Data Primary Examiner — Steve Rowland (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Wilmer Cutler Pickering US 2009/O104956 A1 Apr. 23, 2009 Hale and Dorr LLP Related U.S. Application Data (57) ABSTRACT (60) Provisional application No. 60/944.054, filed on Jun. 14, 2007. Systems and methods for indicating the performance of a plurality of players playing a video game simulating a rock (51) Int. 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